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■-L V-« ■ with your Advertiser and Times sports team of Chris Boden, Craig Salmon, George Embley and Edward Lee Rovere^anTl Swashbuckling striker sees


l for his players to do them­ selves arid the chib proud. However, as the fascinating


Chester City boss Gra­ ham Barrow wanted was


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| for goal, he yearned for more. I Yet although it took two late goals to earn the hosts victory against their non­ league opponents, Graeme Souness said Rovers were well ’ prepared for what Chester


game wore on and the min­ nows frustrated Rovers with dogged defending and an eye


| threw at them. I "They played exactly as we


j thought they would in terms of spirit and determination,"


i game of the season. They | came to frustrate us and try


he said."That was their biggest


and catch us on the break and if I was manager of Chester, that's exactly how we would have played it." But that was no excuse for


By Suzanne Gee


and a nervous goalmouth scramble ended with Steve Whitehall sending a looping shot just over the crossbar. Craig Hignett replied with


efore their FA Cup third round clash at Ewood Park, all


By CRAIG SALMON


are in with a great chance of success on several fronts. The 12-goal centre-forward is


S


a low shot against the post before Jansen dragged his shot wide of the target. But Chester proved they


Friedel. .


Rovers' lacklustre first half performance, and the Black- bum boss also acknowledged


thatfact. "We were off the pace in the first halt In the second we


I stepped up another gear, but we became sloppy later on and they had a number of chances," he added. "But we are not the first


. deliver a fierce cross-cum- shot.


the absence of the injured Garry Flitcroft, pushed Rovers forward after the break, jinking his way past two defenders on the right to


David Dunn, captain m . .


the area to get the vital con­ nection for a goal. New signing Alan Mahon,


But no-one was on hand in


i sary to win and that's why so many teams have come


dub that has struggled to get to the pace of the game neces-


' unstuck in this round." Rovers, who now entertain


Premiership outfit Derby County in round four, started with a relatively strong side. Matt Jansen and Egil


[ Ham. i Fellow youth team protfige


Ostenstad joined forces up front, but Souness also opted to give youngster Darren Dunning another run-out fol­ lowing his encouraging Wor­ thington Cup performance earlier this season at West


| Jonathan Douglas, mean­ while, earned himself a place on the bench. But the home side had a


lucky escape on nine minutes when Matt Doughty skinned


Jason McAteer on the left


wing. The Chester defender fired


a dangerous ball into the box


who was inspirational in mid- field, then whipped in a cor­ ner to the near post on the hour mark. But Jansen, falling to the ground as he went for the ball, couldn't poke it home. Ah unthinkable replay


. 25-yard effort that failed to trouble goalkeeper Brad


were not shot-shy when Doughty tried a speculative


w a s h b u c k l i n g Clitheroe s tr ik e r Neil Spencer reckons the Blues


enjoying a fruitful partnership with quick-silver striker .Lee Cryer and so far the pair have plundered 29 goals between them this season. Spencer said: “I t’s working well


with myself and Lee. We’ve played together onCe before at Atherton LR and I enjoyed work­ ing with him then. “He got injured at the start of


the season and I managed to get a few. goals ahead but I think we complement each other well.” The former Bamber Bridge


battering ram also sees no reason why the Blues should not win pro­ motion this season. “I think the squad is big and


er.


•/ think the squad is hit/ and good enough. It's vital ire don’t lose too ma n y mor e g ame s f rom nou‘ unl i t the end of the season. He have alii Lh e ■


and are also involved in every cup compeli- lion so there is plenty to play for.’ Neil Spencer


pating Clitheroe’s FA Vase fourth round encounter away to Wim-


bourne Town. He added: “The nearest I have


good enough. We all get on really well and go out socialising togeth­


“So there is a really good team


spirit within the squad. “I t ’s vital we don’t lose too many more games from now until


the end of the season. “We have all the top teams to


looked on the cards as the clock ticked on, but Mahon finally saved the day. His comer was only, half-


play and are also involved in every cup competition so there is


cleared to Douglas - ahalf time substitute for Dunning - who returned the ball to the ex-Tranmere player. Mahon whipped a cross


plenty to play for.” Spencer is also eagerly antici-


been to the final is when I was with Bamber Bridge and I was in the 15 which faced Wimboume in


the semi-final. “We got beat 2-1, so I’m partic­


ularly looking forward to playing Wimbourne again and exacting


some revenge. “Getting to Villa Park is in the


back of your mind but there are four rounds to go and we have to


stay focused on the league.- Meanwhile Blues boss Dave


Burgess was a very happy man as


he saw his side demolish Fleet- wood Freeport 3-0 in the Marsden


.Lancashire Cup. He said: “I think the first half-


on Tuesday night was probably our best performance of the sea­


son. “We haven’t played for a while


and few of the players are lacking match fitness so it was good to give a few of the players a run­


out. “It also gave me the opportuni­


ty to rest a few key players for the Rossendale match on Saturday.” • SUPPORTERS wishing to


travel to Clitheroe’s FA Vase match against Wimboume Town


on Saturday, January 20th, can travel on the players coach and stay overnight on Friday and Sat­


urday night. The travel and two nights


accommodation will cost £55. The players coach will set-off on Friday a t 10 a.m. from Shaw -


bridge. The supporters club are also


planning to run a coach on the


day of the game. Fleetwood Freeport..............0


top team s. to pi a y :


Clitheroe ............................... J CLITHEROE produced a vir­ tuoso performance to knock North West Counties’ Leagu eFirst Division title rivals Fleet- wood Freeport out of the Mars­ den Lancashire Cup on Tuesday


night. The Blues won the match with


two goals from Lee Cryer either side of a towering header from strike partner Neil Spencer. However, the match could have


been a totally different story if. John Riches had taken advantage of a mistake from Spencer on six


minutes. After dispossessing Clitheroe’s


number 10, he shot tamely at keeper Kris Richens and from then on the visitors never looked


back. They opened the scoring 12


minutes later when fine play from Cryer released Spencer, he cut inside but saw his left-footer bril­ liantly tipped away by Tony


Clowes. But from the resulting corner,


Barrie Hart’s piledriver struck Cryer who reacted quickest to the loose ball and clipped the ball over


Clowes. ; The Blues extended their lead


on 25 minutes when Cryer worked wonders down the right before delivering an inch-perfect back- post cross for Spencer who gleeful­ ly headed home.' The visitors continued to take


the attack to Fleetwood and Jamie Webster and Hart were both denied by fine goalkeeping from Clowes. Riches almost pulled a goal


back for the homesters on the stroke of half-time but Richens was equal to his point-blank head­ er from six yards. The second half failed to live up


to the first in terms of chances created as the Blues changed their formation and rested key players. However, Cryer still managed to notch his second of the night


on 52 minutes. Receiving a pass from Webster


on the right-hand side of the area, the quick-silver striker rode one challenge before firing home into the bottom corner of the net. Fleetwood threatened the visi­


tors’ backline on occasions and were unlucky not to grab a conso­ lation goal in the 85th minute when Ian Vickers header was superbly cleared off the line by Matt Anderton.


into the box and Taylor rose majestically to head home the opener and calm a few


nerves.Brown then pulled off a couple of good saves from Mark Hughes and Marcus Bent before Whitehall kept Rovers on their toes with his late assault. But Bent, who replaced


Ostenstad almost 20 minutes into the second half, sealed the game for Rovers with another fine header from Drum's curling free kick.


Last-gasp leveller


I pe could prove to be the most im p o r ta n t goal I scored by Burnley all


L


I season. Johnrose struck in the


j third minute of injury time | to deny the Iron a deserved FA Cup win, and halted the Clarets' descent into


j freefall.. The goal prevented an


j hands of the Third Division side, and set up a potential


embarrassing exit at the


| fourth-round cracker at I Bolton.


! a confidence-crushing sixth | successive defeat. Confidence was already


More crucially, it averted -


I low following a devastating I run of league form, and that 1 was horribly apparent in I,the manner that Burnley again gifted goals to their opponents.


J first half, to have avoided a tricky replay at Glanford


The Clarets had enough chances, particularly in the


.


| Park on Tuesday. But the problem was


lines. Burnley's wounds were ,


I self-inflicted, but Johnrose's [ brave leap stopped the rot and could prove the shot in the arm that the Clarets


I need. Stan Ternent cited criti­


l Manchester United and i Everton on the way to cup glory, and saved theirjnan-


cal goals from Mark Robins and Adrian Heath that set


j agers' jobs in the process. But although Ternent's


i job is hardly on the line, and Burnley are unlikely wiri-


j ners of the greatest knock- | out competition .in the | world, Johnrose - scoring his first goal since Decem-


By Chris Boden


when Guy Ipoua skinned Mitchell Thomas down the


right and Lee Hodges com­ posed himself before rifling his cross into the corner. The Clarets continued to


look shaky at the back, although they forced 12 first half corners, with Cox and Davis both going close. . However, just before the


ENNY Johnrose's dramatic equaliser against Scunthor-


slip to third away defeat


Calderstones ..............2 Riminglon..................1 RIMINGTON slumped to their third away defeat of th e E a s t Laricashire League season after a dis­ appointing performance against an eager Calder­


stones side. The home team harried


and hustled the visitors throughout and thoroughly deserved their win. Rimington started


brightly and took the lead after 10 minutes when Trevor Watkins slammed the ball into the roof of the net after his initial shot had been parried. The visitors created three


Colne United Reserves ................. 5 Chatburn Reserves


.....................2


RUNAWAY East Lancashire League Reserve Division leaders Colne Unit­ ed were given the fright of their lives


by Chatburn. The locals kicked with the wind at


their backs in the first half and pushed the United defence back into their own 18 yard box for much of the half. Chatbum missed several chances, but


Hart put them ahead, beating the keep­ er at the near post.


Within minutes Trevor


more golden chances to put the game beyond reach, but spurned them. How Calderstones made


them pay as they almost equalised with their first attack when Kershaw bril­ liantly turned the ball against the post. Rimington ignored the


warning and soon Calder­ stones had another great


.chance, only for Lee Bon- nick to scoop over from six yards. The visitors made


break, Paul Smith's corner was punched by Thomas Evans, when he should have caught it, and John Mullin fed Paul Cook on the left. Evans should have


changes early in the second half as Paul Sayle and Banks replaced Zulfi and Taylor, but in reality the manager could have with­ drawn two from nine play­ ers, such was the level of performance from his team. Sayle, back from injury,


claimed Cook's cross, but Ian Moore thundered in on his blind side to net with a


Scunthorpe had as many, if not more, gilt-edged oppor- , tunities to earn a place in Sunday .morning's head- >


Watkins slid into the keep­ er, who reacted angrily, and the referee sent both off. The players were victims


of what had gone on before as the incident was certain­ ly no worse than the previ­ ous altercation. The home side grabbed


Chatbum.


Brown Cow milked as season restarts


Chatbum shock leaders M


Booth kept the visitors in the game with vital saves, but Chatburn went in


at half-time ahead. Chatburn started the second half the


brighter side and despite playing into a gale force wind, extended their lead. Gaskell and Braithwaite combined for


Bretherton to make it 2-0. With 15 minutes to go, the wheels


came off and Colne had a goal feast, net­


ting five in 10 minutes. I t was rough justice on Chatbum, but


in the end fitness told and the lengthy weather-induced lay-off proved vital.


steads St Joseph's: Rolls-Royce v Ribchester Rovers; Sabden v Oswaldtwistle; Settle United v


Second Division Calderstones v Earby Tn;


Colne Blue Star v Barnoldswick Park Rovors; Enfield v Craven heifer; Read United v Mill Hill St • Peter's; Rimington v Burnley Boys' Club: Rock Rovers v


the winner with five min­ utes remaining, and Rim- ingtori now have surely thrown away the chance of promotion to the Firs t Division. An angry and disap­


pointed manager Terry Braithwaite hopes to return from injury this weekend, and will decide what changes to make against high-flying Burnley Boys' Club and Mill Hill in the next two games.


bullet header. The Clarets went into the


1 seconds of the restart as Ipoua ghosted in past Cox ’ to head home United's first


break with renewed belief, but, incredibly Scunthorpe renewed their lead within 80


pushing Glen Little and


comer of the game. Ternent responded by


Andy. Payton into the fray as the Clarets went gung-ho


with four up front. However, they were limit­


ed to half-chances, and time seemed to have run out for


, of added time, Little swung in a comer right onto John­ rose's head, and he made no


v But in the third minute mistake. Even then the Clarets „


might have, gone out as Larusson's shot was turned


| her 18th 1999 - may well have provided the season's


i turning point, p.-. i • ■ : • I To the neutral, the game


was a classic cup tie, although to people with a Claret and Blue persuasion I it was sheer frustration;.


ending in sheer relief. ,j «,$•• ; Scunthorpe, lining up in an attacking 4-3-3,_ went


- ahead within two minutes


. rot; and if'they can cut out the ludicrous mistakes at the back, their league form should also get back on


over, and there wasn't even time to take the comer. . . But Burnley stopped the


• The Clarets go to Gilling­ ham on Saturday with the


:: returning! to the squad, v although Kevin Ball sits out the'last of his three-game


possibility of Lee Briscoe ban. "


was unfortunate in handing the home side a penalty with a mis-timed tackle, which Stuart Brown duly converted. The game became ill-


tempered and following a scuffle between Wes Clark­ son and Lee Casey, the ref­ eree booked both.


c i c c u u u n c u u w tu . TT A CT


LANCASHIRE FOOTBALL


LEAGUE fixtures


First Division Colne United v Accrington


Stanley: Hurst Green, v Worsthorne;' Kelbrook v Stack-


t iu » d n » v i» v i --------------


Belvedere. Reserve Division .


Barnoldswick Park Rovers v


Settle United; Belvedere v Kel­ brook: Chatbum v Read United; Earby Tn v Enfield; Goodshaw United v Rolls-Royce;m Mill Hill St Peter's v Sabden; Ribchester


Rovers v Hurst Green. RESULTS


First Division Accrington Stanley 3, Kel-„


brook 1; Chatburn 3, Oswaldtwistle 4; Colne United 4, Hurst Green 2; Rolls-Royce 2, Sabden 6; Worsthorne 1, Good­


shaw United 6. Second Division


Belvedere 1, Enfield 6; Burnley


Boys' Club 7, Earby Town 2; Calderstones 2, Rimington 1; Mill


Hill St Peter's 8, Colne Blue Star 3.


Reserve Division Bamoldswick PR 3, Goodshaw


United 3; Colne United 5, Chat- burn 2; Enfield 3, Burnley Belvedere 3; Kelbrook 3, Sabden 0; Ribchester Rovers 3, Mill Hill St Peter's 2: Settle United 4, Rolls-Royce 4


First Division P W D


TABLES


Acc’ton Stanley 10 8 Goodshaw Utd. 8 7 Ribchester...... 10 4 Hurst Green.... 10 3 Sabden............ 10'- 3 Chatbum........ 8 3 Stacksteads SJ. 6 3 Colne United.... 8 3 Oswaldtwistle . . 7 3 Kelbrook......... 8 2 Worsthorne..... 8 2 Rolls-Royce.... 10 1


L P 0 26 1 21 3 15


1 11 3 11


Settle United.... 9 Second Division


P W D


MHSP............ 11 » 1 Enfield............ 8 8 0 Craven Heifer... 10 7 2 B ly B o y s 'Club., 10 6 3


Rimington...... 9 5 1 Colne Blue Star 10 5 1 Calderstones.... 11 4 1 Bam'wick PR... 7 3 1 Rock Rovers.... 11 2 2


i s s in g key players, Brown Cow went down


to a 6r3 defeat ag a in s t rivals Cross Axes as the Accrington Sunday Memorial League kicked-


off again. After losing a glut of


games to the horrendous weather, the First and Sec­ ond Divisions started from


scratch. But Brown Cow will have


wished they hadn't, after beating Cross Axes earlier in


the season. That result has been expunged, though, and the


locals will look to pick themselves up next Sunday, as they have a free date this


weekend. Judge Walmesley also


slipped to a heavy defeat,


losing 4-1 to Plough Inn. In the Second Division,


Calderstones went down 3-1 at home to Crown Scaffolds, but Low Moor enjoyed a spectacular 16-1 success against L itt le Crown to


make a flying start. RESULTS


L P 2 25 0 24 1 23


First Division


Plough Inn 4, Judge'Walmesley 1. Second Division


Brown Cow 3, Cross Axes 6: Calderstones 1, Crown Scaf­


folds 3; Low Moor 16, Little Crown 1.


Third Division Red Lion v Mayfield, postponed.


Read United.... I l l Belvedere........ H 0 2 Earby Town.... 9 0 1 Reserve Division


Colne United.... 15 12 Kelbrook......... 10 6 Sabden............ }} Enfield............. }}


MHSP............ 11 Hurst Green.... 10 Goodshaw Utd. 11


Chatbum........ 12 Rolls-Royce.... 11 Bam'wick PR... 14 Ribchester...... 8 4


Read United.... 11 * Settle United.... 10 2 Belvedere......... 7 2 Earby Town.... 10 0


Nicky hits top form for Wolves G


LITHEROE Wolves Under 12s Accrington League side were in fine form at the week­


end, brushing aside St Joseph’s 4-0. Man of the match Nicky Byrne had his best ever game and scored


twice. He was joined on the scoresheet by


Luca Musker who also bagged a frraCp.


The Wolves Under 12s Red team • overcame Lammack Juniors 3-2 in


atrocious weather conditions. The locals opened the scoring after


10 minutes with a typical solo effort from Danny “crash n’ bash” Ander-


Lammack equalised but the Wolves


made sure of victory thanks to second half strikes from Luke Green and Matt Hanson although the opposi­


• and defender James Sutton were on E EADSTONE United must


tion did pull a late goal back., ' Man of the match was Dale Under­ wood while keeper Steve Thompson


the top of their games.- The Under 11s were beaten 2-1 by


Barrowford Celtic; Byrom. Matthew Hanson gave the il . nm_inc


Clitheroe youngsters the lead in the first half but they were made to pay for a number of missed chances as . Celtic scored two second half goals. Andrew Hartley and Daniel Mus-


grove both had solid games while man of the match was Shaun Hartley. The Wolves Under 17s continued


their winning streak with a compre­ hensive 12-0 demolition of Darwen


Boys.


Wolves ran-in a further eight goals to complete a memorable win. Liam Ilill-Parker and Chris Heslop


Leading 4-0 a t the interval, the . , ,,


• The scoring was completed by David Downes and Paul Tierney. Man of the match: was Tom


hit a hat-trick apiece while Robert Lloyd and Joe Marshall both bagged a brace. ■


. P W D


FIXTURES First Division


Judge Walmesley v Rishton


Arms (Whalley CC). . Second Division


Low Moor v Calderstones


(Roefield). Third Division


Pits).


Red Lion v Miners Arms (Marl TABLE


Wilpshire BH... 11 9 1 1 28 Woodnook....... 9 7 1 1 22


Third Division P W D L P


Miners Arms.... 10 6 1 3 19 LS Roofing..... 10 5 2 3 17 Red Lion......... 7 5 0 2 15 Mayfield......... 9 3 1 5 10 Griffins Head... 7 2 1 4 7 QH Clarets..... 11 1 3 7 6 Printers Arms.. 10 1 3 6 6 Brownhill Arms 8 0 1 7 1


SA


Judo success for Zac WE apologise for


an er ror la s t


week in our article on Trinity Judo Club’s recent successes. In our report Zac


Blackburn’s first name was printed incorrect­


ly.-Ribblesdale High School pupil Zac is a green belt 10th mon and has been a mem­ ber of the club for three years. Zac, pictured above,


is the son of Shaun and Alison Blackburn, of Woone


Lane,


Clitheroe. We apologise for any


e m b a r r a s s m e n t caused.


Weekend


Selections SATURDAY Rugby Union


home, meet club 1-15 p.m., kick-off 2-15 p.m.) M. Stott, M. Heanan, N. Hutchinson, D. Watson, P. Parker, D. O’Duffy, O. Jones, A. Thomber, M. Wilyman, M. Dugdale, A. Rigby, A. Nut- tall, R. Edmondson, R.‘ Holmes, S. Taylor, J. Proo;...


Clitheroe (v Montell,


tor, A. Moorby. ' ' Clitheroe 2nds ( v North


Ribblesdale, away, meet club 12-45 p.m., kick-off 2- 15 p.m.) A. Burrill, C. Bosonnet, P. Carberry, J. Carysforth, D. Davenport, J. Dickinson, C. Dodding, S. Dowson, T. Dubowski, M. Evans, I . Fielding, S. Greatorex, N. Green, S. Hall, S. Hemingway, P. Ish- erwood, J. Marsden, V. Murray, P. Procter, M. Rowley, B. Stansfield, C. S to tt, D. Tattersall, M. Wardle, R. Postlethwaite,


B. Wood.


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The sessions will provide your child with the skills that will make them a more confident and safer cyclist.


The next course (for children age 7 to 11) commencing at


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The course will be taught by BCF qualified ‘Get Set’ Managers For further details contact Mr C. Jepson


Tel. 01254 823546


had an emphatic 11-0 win against North Valley Dynamos. Star man Neal Kissock led the way


The Under 10s North Valley team VqIIpv t.eair: Meet the Chef...


with five goals, with the others com­ ing from Craig Wilkinson (3), Scott Renwick, Ryan Bramley and Josh


Langford. The Under 15s enjoyed an excellent


11-1 victory against Feniscowles St


Paul's. James Wilboume and Kieran Mills


scored three apiece, with Michael Fox, Adam Getty, man of the match Ash­ ley Jeffries, Matthew James and Alex Ilaythomthwaite also on target. The Under 13s beat Haslingden


Josh Neary. earned the Under 9es - North Valley team., a draw with


Boys 5-1 with a brace from Matthew Whitwell and Michael Whittaker, and one from Gary Schofield. Jamie Feam was outstanding.


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have been given shooting boots for, Christmas as their


fmms scored a glut of goals in their return to action.


‘ Fulledge Colts, with Rhys Meehan named man of the match, but a weak­ ened Under 14s lost 9,-0 to Michelin


■: Colts, despite the efforts with Philip Greenwood


Martin Houghton at the Duke of York, Crindleton ‘It's all about you!’


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